Want to Play Music on Discord? The Exclusive Helping Guide You Need

With over 300 million registered users, Discord came out to be one of the leading VoIP, instant messaging, and digital distribution platforms. Mainly popular for gaming, listening to music, Discord is great when it is about multitasking. You can play music, games, talk to your friends, all at the same time. That could be the reason, Discord proudly manages 19 million active servers per week. 

If you have been a loyal Discord user, you must be aware of its feature to play music. If you have not been able to, you are missing out on a lot of fun and entertainment. So, if you want full-fledged information regarding how to play music on Discord, what all you need to do, navigate through the table of contents and get your hands on step-by-step instructions regarding how to play music on Discord on different devices.

Table of Contents

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• Top and Working Discord Music Bots to Play Music
• Different Ways to Play Music on Discord
• Using a Bot
• On Desktop
• On Android
• On iPhone
• Without Using a Bot
• On Desktop App
• Just Good Music? Here’s What Else Discord has to Offer you
• FAQs

Top and Working Discord Music Bots to Play Music

To play music on Discord, music bots play an important role. Moreover, there are several music bots to choose from and even there are some that have stopped existing. Keeping all this confusion in mind, here are the top music bots that still work and you can use for Discord in 2022:

1. MEE6
2. Hydra
3. Vexera
4. 24/7
5. ProBot
6. Chip Bot
7. BMO
8. FredBoat
9. Chill Bot
10. Aiode

If you are not aware of what a music bot is and how they are going to help you in playing music on Discord, keep on reading to clear all the confusion.

2 Different Ways to Play Music on Discord

When it is about playing music, Discord lets you do it two ways:

• Using a Bot
• Without using a Bot

Using a Bot

One way of playing music on Discord is with the help of a bot. There are several bots that can be used for that matter out of which Jockie Music, Uzox, Fredboat, etc., are some of the most popular ones. You will simply need to add a Discord bot to your server to play music.

On Desktop

Steps to Add Bots to Discord Server in 2022

Here is how you can add a bot on the Discord server using any of your desktop device:

1. Start with logging into your Discord account.
2. In a new tab, go to top.gg website.
3. There you will see a lot of bots and servers for Discord; you can search from the top bots or manually enter the name of the bot you want to add.
4. For instance, if you want to add ‘Jockie Music bot’, type in the name press enter; click on the ‘Invite’ button for the Jockie Music bot in the search results.

5. You will be directed to a new tab where you will have to give access to the bot to your Discord account. Simply select the server to which you want to add the bot to.

6. Then click on ‘Continue’

7. Click on ‘Authorise’ to give Jockie Music access to your Discord account.

8. Clear the captcha verification; click on ‘I am human’.

9. Now, if you go back to your server in Discord, you will see the bot has been added; it will show up on the right side of the screen under ‘Online’.

Once you have added the desired bot, it is the time to play music on Discord. 

Note- For every bot, you need to use different commands to make it play a track. You will get all the commands in the general server once you are done adding the bot.

Steps to Play Music on Discord 

To play music on Discord, you only need to add a music bot such as Rhythm, Groovy, Fredboat, Hydra to your Discord server. After that, connect to the voice channel of your server. After that, according to the music bot that you have added, you have to give commands to play, pause or stop music in Discord.

As I have added Jockie Music bot, I will show you how to use it to play music on Discord:

1. Firstly, join the voice channel by clicking on its name under the ‘Voice Channels’ section.

2. You will see the confirmation message ‘Voice connected’ at the bottom left side of the screen

3. After that, enter the command for the bot, here are the basic commands for this bot:

• m!play – Play a track by link or search term
• m!skip – Skip the current track
• m!leave – Make the bot leave the voice channel
• m!pause – Pause the track

Let’s say, you want to play the ‘Shape of You’ track, simply type in the right command for the Jockie Music bot in the text channel i.e. m!play – Shape of You and press ‘enter’. Jockie Music will search for the track and start playing it.

4. Similarly, you can try giving other commands to the bot to see how it works. You can even give more than one command to the bot at a time; it will follow all the commands one by one automatically.

Note- Rhythm and Groovy bots, the most popular Discord music bots have shut down and you no longer can use them to play music on Discord.

On Android

Steps to Add Bots to Discord Server in 2022

Want to play music on Discord on your Android device? Here is how you add any popular bot to play music on Discord on any Android mobile device: 

1. On a browser on your mobile device, go to top.gg website.
2. Tap on #music to find bots that you can use to play music.

3. Tap ‘Invite’ for the music bot you want to add.

4. You will be directed to Discord’s official website, simply log in to your account.
5. Then you will be required to select a server to which you want to add the music bot.
6. After selecting the server, tap ‘Continue’.

7. Next, you need to grant some permissions to the music bot you have selected, and then scroll down to the bottom, tap ‘Authorise’.

8. Complete the Captcha verification and this will add the music bot to your Discord server.

Steps to Play Music on Discord on Android

To play music on Discord, you only need to add a music bot such as Rhythm, Groovy, Fredboat, Hydra to your Discord server. After that, connect to the voice channel of your server. After that, according to the music bot that you have added, you have to give commands to play, pause or stop music in Discord.

As I have added Hydra bot, I will show you how to use it to play music on Discord:

1. After adding the music bot, open the Discord app.
2. Join the voice channel of the server to which you have added the bot previously by clicking on its name (General) under the ‘Voice Channels’ section.

3. Tap ‘Join Voice’

4. Once you see the ‘voice connected’ message, go to text channel of your Discord server (#general) where you will see the commands you need to operate the music bot that you have added.

5. After that, enter the command for the bot, here are the basic commands for Hydra bot:

• .play – Play a track by link or search term
• .pause – pause the current track
• .playlist – plays your saved default playlist
• .search – searches and lets you choose a son

Let’s say, you want to play the ‘Closer’ track, simply type in the right command for the Hydra music bot in the text channel i.e. .play – Closer and press ‘enter’. You will see that Hydra music bot will search for the track and start playing it.

6. Similarly, you can try giving other commands to the Hydra bot to see how it works. You can even give more than one command to the bot at a time; it will follow all the commands one by one automatically.

On iPhone

Steps to Add Bots to Discord Server in 2022 on iPhone

To play music on Discord on your iPhone device, you can consider using the MEE6 bot that could be one of the best bots out there for iOS users. Here is how you can add it to your Discord server to play music on your iPhone:

• Go to MEE6’s website and login to your Discord account.

• Let MEE6 access your Discord account by tapping ‘Authorize’.

• Select your Discord server and tap ‘Setup’

• Tap ‘Continue’ if again asked to give access to the bot.

• Grant the required permissions and tap ‘Authorize’.

• Clear the Captcha verification and the MEE6 bot will be added to your Discord server.

Steps to Play Music on Discord on iPhone

Once you added the music bot to your Discord server, to play music on Discord, connect to the voice channel of your server. After that, according to the music bot that you have added, you have to give commands to play, pause or stop music in Discord.

As I have added MEE6 bot, I will show you how to use it to play music on Discord:

1. Open the Discord app and launch the server to which you have added the music bot.
2. Join the voice channel
3. Type “!search” and enter a song or artist. The MEE6 bot will list the results.
4. Enter the number of the song from the results to add it to your playlist.
5. Type !play to start playing music on Discord.

Without using a Bot

Discord lets you play and enjoy music even without using a bot, and that is when you connect your account to Spotify; here is how you can avail this feature:

On Desktop App

To link your Spotify account to your Discord, here are the steps you need to follow:

• Login to your Discord account and click on the ‘User Settings’ option, i.e. gear icon.

• Click on ‘Connections’ and look for the ‘Spotify’ icon under the ‘Connect your Accounts’ tab.

• Click on the Spotify icon and this will direct you to their login page; enter your Spotify login details and tap ‘Log In’.

• Once it is done, you will see your Discord account linked to Spotify as shown in the image below.

Once you have linked Spotify to Discord, follow the next few steps to play music on Discord without using a bot:

1. Open your Spotify account and play any song.
2. Go back to your Discord account and, in your current server, click on the plus icon given in the message box.
3. Then, click on ‘Invite #general to Listen to Spotify’

• Then, you will see an invitation message, click on ‘Send Invite’ and after this everyone else on your server will be able to listen to the same song you are listening to.

Alternatively, you can copy the link of a Spotify playlist and paste it in the Discord server text box to play it.

Note- Only the Desktop app users of Discord can avail this option of listening to music on Spotify. So, if you are not able to use this feature, make sure to install Discord’s desktop app.

Just Good Music? Here’s What Else Discord has to Offer you

Apart from playing good music, Discord can surprise you in different ways. Have a look at some cool features of this instant messaging platform that can totally enhance your productivity:

1. Lets you make one-on-one or group calls
2. Screen Sharing is allowed
3. Lets you play music while on a call
4. Add custom emojis to Discord
5. ‘Channel Following’ feature makes it easy to share content with friends and colleagues
6. Invite people to a Discord party

FAQs

Q1. How to get a bot to play music on Discord?

You can easily get a bot to play music on Discord by simply visiting any of the bot’s websites, such as top.gg. There you can browse through millions of bots available and choose one of the popular music bots to play your favorite track. Always keep in mind that the commands for different music bots will vary. You will get the right commands in the text channel of your Discord server once you add a particular music bot. 

Q2. How to play music on Discord through mic?

To play music on Discord through mic, follow these easy steps:

1. Go to the Control Panel of your device.
2. Get into the “Hardware & Sound” window.
3. Then click on “Manage Audio Devices”.
4. Then got to the “Recording” tab.
5. Click on “Stereo Mix”
6. Set it to default mic.
7. Now, you can join a voice chat on Discord and play music through your mic.

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